How true are your favourite historical dramas?
Delve into the real historical stories and people that inspired your favourite period dramas. Find out if the tales told on screen were really true, and where history has been bent out of shape in guise of creative licence...
Bridgerton & Queen Charlotte: the real history behind the drama
![La Belle Assemblee - British women's magazine published 1806-1837, founded by John Bell (1745-1831), now best known for its Regency era fashion plates from "Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver. [Penguin Books Limited, London and New York, 1943]. Artist Unknown.](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/7/2023/04/GettyImages-1155876968-4fb5cba-e1682500690578.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&resize=372,248 "La Belle Assemblee - British women's magazine published 1806-1837, founded by John Bell (1745-1831), now best known for its Regency era fashion plates from \"Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900\", by James Laver. [Penguin Books Limited, London and New York, 1943]. Artist Unknown.")
The Last Kingdom – how real is Uhtred's tale?
Vikings: Valhalla – the myths and the reality
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